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SLAYTON Family History

This name is of English topographic origin for someone who lived on a farm situated in a flat meadow. The first element derives from the Olde Norse "sleigh(t)" from "sletta", a level field, plus the Olde English pre 7th century "tun", a farm or settlement. The surname is first recorded towards the end of the 16th Century, (see below). The variant spellings Slaten and Slatten are recorded in Berkshire in 1673 and 1717 respectively. On June 11th 1616, William Salyton married an Ann Dine in St. Benet, Paul's Wharf, London and on May 13th 1773, Sushannah Slayton married Edward Fleet in St.